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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a lot of things in my view.  Relative lack of male teachers/role models in public schools especially, emphasis on lifting up girls but not boys, boys being more likely to withdraw into video games and other solitary pursuits, deemphasis on standardized testing, and the increases number of females in formerly male/dominated fields (which is a good thing generally, but has not been accompanied by more males going into female-dominated fields, so there is more competition for the same fields).[/quote]

I will note however that far, far more teacher time in elementary school is spent on boys than girls. Most girls are utterly ignored and seated between the most disruptive boys. Occasionally thanked for being quiet. Even girls with learning disabilities get missed frequently because they aren’t disruptive while the boys get early evaluations. It certainly isn’t all of the boys but that’s where most of the problems are. You won’t see much emphasis at all in elementary schools today on lifting up girls. I’ve seen none, other than external after/before school mom-run programs. None run by the schools. [/quote]
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The good stuff like scholarships is dedicated to girls, but all the behavioral stuff is for boys. My DD, who is shy, quiet, and very well behaved, was sat at a table with troublemaker boys to try to break up their nonsense. It tired her out and we eventually switched to a girls school. [/quote]

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